And so we wait for the exciting news of labor and joyous arrival of a new life.The news from Nashville is that my dad continues to hang in there,but there is overall decline.In this window, this specific time, I feel I am between bookends.One is the beginning of life. My new grandsons are being born into loving families andbefore them lie the hopes and dreams of what God has ordained.The other bookend is Dad, winding down a full life.He'll leave this world to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren, a world far different from the one he entered nearly 89 years ago.Though I accept that Dad's time is nearly over, my heart is burdened and my mind feels overwhelmed with what lies ahead.The new baby and my dad are each 400 miles from me,bookends 800 miles apart!Things have a way of working out and I believe God is in the details.He's also wooing me to lean fully on Himand trust Him as I welcome one new life and await the inevitable loss of another.Are any of us good at waiting? Oh, how God is teaching me to trust and wait.

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition,

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About Me

I start my day with God and coffee. I'm a wife, mother and grandmother, writer and reader, empty-nester and traveler, lover of the outdoors, pursuer of contentment, and a cook who avoids cookbooks. I love to laugh and I don't do roller coasters!

Family

Our family is almost on the grandbaby-a-year plan! We welcomed three granddaughters in 2010, 2011, 2012, two grandsons in 2013, and in 2015, two more little ones. In 2017-18 three MORE are joining the family. Amazing!